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Most freelancers have the idea that we need to be connected 24/7. The phone, email, social media, IM, Skype — if we believe the media, we can’t abandon any of these channels even for a moment. Maybe, while you’re in a meeting, you can set your status to Busy or […]

I have rose-tinted memories of CSS2.1. Rounded corners may have caused hours of Photoshopping grief, but it was simple. Most developers could recall the few dozen properties without referring to reference books every two minutes. CSS3 changes everything. There are 116 new properties* with multiple vendor prefixes and different syntaxes. […]

By Gordon Currie 8th Aug 2011 Logo Design Logo Design 3 For most web freelancers, it’s not uncommon for the phone to ring with that fateful question, “Hey, can you guys build me a new company logo?” And for most of us, we answer yes, hang up and then start […]

So far you’ve seen samples for authenticating and working with Facebook, Twitter and Live Id, covering OAuth 1 and 2. In this post you’ll see how easily we can take the existing code and get it to work against LinkedIn. We’ll start with the code you saw in my earlier […]

We web geeks have a problem. If you’re like me, you probably taught yourself how to design or program websites for the love of it. But, one day, maybe after you built a free site for a friend’s company or your church, this thought passed through your mind: “I could get […]

Transitioning from .NET to Ruby: Hi there! I hear you want to make the transition from .NET to Ruby. It’s not a hard task, but it’s always nice to start with guidance. I too was once in your shoes. Master of .NET, a LINQ superstar, CLR guru, Generics generalist, conqueror […]

By Tara Hornor 5th Aug 2011 General 5 In recent years, a web design trend has emerged in which designers create web pages that resemble the layout of print posters. If you printed out a copy of the entire length of the web page, the printed version would look like […]

Advertising pioneer E. St. Elmo Lewis developed the popular AIDA sales process in 1898. Lewis argued there were four cognitive phases buyers follow when purchasing a new product or service — Attention, Interest, Desire and Action. The popular AIDA model outlines the basic process that causes people to become motivated […]

By Simon Pascal Klein 4th Aug 2011 Logo Design, Podcast Inspiration 2 And bam, episode 13! This week I had the honor of catching up with logo and identity designer David Airey to discuss his career and thoughts on freelancing, pro bono work, and identity design.   Download this Episode […]